Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)

Directed by Fred Williamson

Starring Fred Williamson, Roddy McDowall, Elliott Gould, R.G. Armstrong and Stuart Whitman

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Mob War (1989)

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"Forget what you've heard..." this truly is one of the worst mob movies ever made. Which doesn't mean it isn't entertaining...

Directed by J. Christian Ingvordsen

Starring Jake LaMotta and Johnny Stumper

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Massacre Mafia Style aka The Executioner (1978)

Directed by Duke Mitchell

Starring Duke Mitchell, Vic Caesar and Lorenzo Dodo

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My Letterboxd Review:

One of my favourite films. I've seen this three times now and it just gets better for me. Duke Mitchell is so sincere and charismatic, yet this movie plays on any level you want. It works as a (sorta) straight crime film. It works as a piece of exploitation. It works as a comedy. The opening scene is a wild piece of cinema as Mitchell and his buddy just cut through an entire office building killing everyone, but find themselves getting emotional and gentle when they run into a kid in an elevator. The whole movie does this juxtaposition so well - pure exploitive violence and sleaze mixed with this sincere attempt to say something about Italians, Catholics and family. Duke also kisses everyone on the lips - his father, friends, women, men, children. He also sings the majority of the songs, directs and narrates the film. It's a hell of a performance overall.

And when Duke gets on a rant, it's epic. "When you go to sleep I want you to sleep with one eye open. 'Cause I'm gonna choke you. I'm gonna choke your mother, I'm gonna choke your father, I'm gonna choke your fucking kids! You understand me? I'm gonna go to the fucking phone book and look up your last name. Everyone who has your last name is gonna get choked too."

Gone with the Pope (1976 - 2010)

**NOTE: This film was in an incomplete stage after Duke Mitchell passed away in 1981. It was re-discovered by Grindhouse Releasing and was edited together by Bob Murawski and Sage Stallone who completed their cut in 2009, to be distributed in 2010.

Directed by Duke Mitchell

Starring Duke Mitchell and Lorenzo Dardado

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The Sicilian Clan (1969)

Directed by Henri Verneuil

Starring Alain Delon and Jean Gabin

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